Hi all,
I am gathering ideas and brainstorming for a new, huge enclosure for my 2½ year old beardie Sandy. She loves to run around and climb everything she can. She is very energetic and therefore I think she should be able to do so, whenever I am not home to take her outside or out in my room, etc.
I am thinking of making a big 160cm long, 70cm tall, 60cm deep enclosure. Yes this is big for one bearded dragon, but considering Sandy and her very energetic lifestyle, I think she should be able to atleast have some chance of living that life. Currently she has a large 120cm long, 60 cm tall, 50cm deep enclosure, so it is not that much of an improvement in size, but definitely larger aswell.
I am thinking something like this:
It is supposed to be a zoo-worthy enclosure, going for a realistic and natural feel, with red sand, gravel, dirt and whatever plants I can get my hands on, with many cliffs(colored grey and reddish/orange like in the picture) with a blue sky. There will be atleast two caves, one under the basking lamp and one in the cold area. I will use some sort of silicone glue or what it is called to make the substrate stick together, so that it isn't loose for her to accidentally eat, and when it is hard, I will vacuum any loose substrate away.
My questions are:
1. How should I make the cliffs? I feel like styrofoam will be too weak, and that it will eventually break. Wood will maybe be too heavy.. Something in between?
2. Any "healthy" or atleast not toxic glues/silicone I can use (I am from Denmark) to smoothen the curves on the selfmade cliffs and to make the loose substrate stick together? Any specific type of glue?
Thanks in advance!
Vilderup
I am gathering ideas and brainstorming for a new, huge enclosure for my 2½ year old beardie Sandy. She loves to run around and climb everything she can. She is very energetic and therefore I think she should be able to do so, whenever I am not home to take her outside or out in my room, etc.
I am thinking of making a big 160cm long, 70cm tall, 60cm deep enclosure. Yes this is big for one bearded dragon, but considering Sandy and her very energetic lifestyle, I think she should be able to atleast have some chance of living that life. Currently she has a large 120cm long, 60 cm tall, 50cm deep enclosure, so it is not that much of an improvement in size, but definitely larger aswell.
I am thinking something like this:
It is supposed to be a zoo-worthy enclosure, going for a realistic and natural feel, with red sand, gravel, dirt and whatever plants I can get my hands on, with many cliffs(colored grey and reddish/orange like in the picture) with a blue sky. There will be atleast two caves, one under the basking lamp and one in the cold area. I will use some sort of silicone glue or what it is called to make the substrate stick together, so that it isn't loose for her to accidentally eat, and when it is hard, I will vacuum any loose substrate away.
My questions are:
1. How should I make the cliffs? I feel like styrofoam will be too weak, and that it will eventually break. Wood will maybe be too heavy.. Something in between?
2. Any "healthy" or atleast not toxic glues/silicone I can use (I am from Denmark) to smoothen the curves on the selfmade cliffs and to make the loose substrate stick together? Any specific type of glue?
Thanks in advance!
Vilderup